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Adult Moccasins

Item's Choctaw Name:  Shulush Shohala

 

Item's English Name: Moccasin

 

Age:  early 1900s?

 

Material: braintan deer hide, cloth, ribbon, thread

 

Dimensions:

Length = 26.0 cm

Width = 10.95 cm

Thickness of Cuff = 14.60 cm

 

 

Origin: Atoka County, OK

 

Current Owner: Atoka Confederate War Museum 

 

Location: Atoka, OK

 

Contact: (405) 521-2491

 

 

Notes - This moccasin came from the Folsom family in Atoka County.  Based on its large size and low-cut style, it was probably made for a man.  The main material is smoked, braintan deer hide, scraped on a beam.

 

With the use of ribbon work, thread, and scissors, this represents  a later style of Choctaw traditional moccasin.

 

 It appears to cover up a fine seam bringing the moccasin together along the instep.  A simple, running whip stitch brings the heal together.  Ribbon work stitches are directly onto and through the cuffs of the moccasins. Most of the sewing is done with a dark-colored thread.  One stitch on the ribbon work appears to be with a different, light-colored thread. The beadwork on the instep was sewn directly onto the leather, using the lazy-stitch technique.

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